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Low rent district INSIDE Hangover MX "Five acres, water furnished, fenced an d gra ded by ci ty. Lockable gates and only you will have legal access . " Go o d deal ; The city of Rid gecrest, Cali fornia gets S 12.50 pe r month for th e ab ove-desc ribed property in a typical lease of ci ty land t o ranchers. Thin k of that t he next time y ou fin d a fence cu tting you off yo ur p ublic land, m y O HV friend . 'l/UTT BOB CU& Rid gecrest , Calif. 6 Mike Hannon 's wedding and bleeding eyeballs 0 -37 Hotline 8 Desert and Ascot back-to-back ORA, CMC 10 Got the itch, but don 't know how to scratch ... Tales o f tarmac and a ORA race Hasten DIDN'T win Field Test 12 I'm starting road racin g this ye ar and wonder if yo u know any schools, bo o ks, or p eople that co ul d te ach me the tricks. 111 be racing a Production 250. I prefer to learn the right way first . . . Cota "TOO: Is it t rail or trial ? Scramblin' 14 Maureen Lee asks: Whither scrambles? Writin' .' 15 The trash man and other foibles Idaho's Man 16 Chuck Wells, a r acer in a key government seat. North 18 Hail an d hi gh water Results Calendar Showtime 21 24 28 The Ca t an d t he ex hibitionists ON TH E F RON T PAGE: "I 'm be li ke you , Dad . .. " pho to by Kin sell a/Doody . go n na' Sh aro n Clay ton, Pu blish er Edna Mewton, Secretary to Publishe r. Adver ti sing Linda Clark. Advertising Manager. Gil Bro wn . Na ti onal A dvertis in g Man ager ; Quis Kolber , Advertisin g Assistant. Editorial DIaries Clayton, Editor: Lane Campbell, Assistan t Edito r, Bobi Sco tt , Secretary and Calendar. Art & Production Catheri ne Lampton , Ar t Director; Nan cy Gray . Ad vertising Art Direct or; Hector Agu ilera. Lab Tech nician ; Marion Ha tashita, Typogra phe r . Circul ation Rh eba Smi th, Mana ger ; Pam Hobbs an d OUlS Andrews , Assistants. Accounting Gaylene Zai on z, Manager ; T wila Whe eler . Judy Fouts, Lane: Sien k & Mike Kl inger , Assistants; Gary Gin n . 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Rep rin ting in wh ole or p art o nly b y perm ission of th e pu b lish ers . Ad vert ising ra tes and circu la tio n inform..tion will be sent upon re quest. See S, R. D,S, They want US New friends The Eldorado National Forest (Calif.) will so o n begin prepar at ion o f an " Off -road Vehicle " (0 RV) Plan . I bel ieve there is widespread in terest in such 'a Plan and. th er efore, intend to ob ta in infonnation fr om as man y gro u ps an d in divid uals as possibl e. Since th e su bj ec t is rather co m plex, I propose treat over-the-snow use an d to o the r-land- travel use se parat ely . A publi c m eeting has been sch ed uled for 7:30 p .m . February 12. 1975, at t be Louisana Schnell school au di t orium in Placerville. California. The purpose of this m eetin g is to infonn all inte rested par ties of ho w we on the Eldorado intend to d evel op our Plan , and t o receive co m ments on o ur proposed pl an nin g process. Subsequen t public meetings will b e held to provide an opportunity for co m m en t on alternatives and to present additional information as an aid to Fo res t Se rvice decision -makers. In addition , Working Groups h ave been tentatively formed t o assist us with th e development of the Plan . The o ther-land-t ravel use grou p will be co m p ose d o f representatives fro m the California Four-wh eel-drive Associati on, Motorcy cle Associati o n , Ame rican p rivat e landowners . Sie rra Club, Graz in g Permitte es , Horseb ack Riders , Coun ty Recreation Commission, an d Califo rnia Nat ive Plant Society . If you ha ve sp ecific proposal s, th ough ts, or commen ts concernin g the use of ORVs, ple ase convey them t o yo u r rep ressentativ e on the workin g gro u p, your Distri ct Ranger, o r th e Forest Supervisor's Offi ce in Placerville. Tony L. of El Segundo : At the rece nt Frosty Cactus Enduro y ou, or your buddies sure took p ain s to make ne w friends. Maybe y ou d o n "t re me mber so I'll refresh y o ur memory. I arrived Friday evening and since we had q uite a larg e part y coming in at various times, I to o k p ains to set out a sign. Maybe you reme mber now. It was on p ly wood an d h ad Hall on it wit h an arrow pointing in a we stwardly direction . It was kinda' b itchin ' for a spur of th e moment t hing. Nex t morning I went d own t o check it. It was tu rn ed ar o und an d your name and arrow was on it. That kinda shook m e up. If th at wasn't enough th e nex t mornin g I h ad to go thro ugh the whole thing agai n . I kn ow things are to ugh so I'll te ll you what. Next ti me out y ou look fo r the Hall sign an d there will be a blank pie plate attached just fo r y ou! May be we 11 mee t so meday. D. HALL An aheim, Calif. JOS EP H H. HA RN Forest Su pervisor Eldorado National Forest 100 Fo rni Road Placerville , California 95 66 7 Window shopping Thank you for the information on the Lupari property between Co rona and Ho me Gar den s. I had the staff take an initial look a t the Corona Raceway proper ty , which includes 255 acres, a race trac k an d buil di ngs . Their property to the north o f th e ra ce track has very high po ten tial for a small ORV park. At the time o f the investigation additio na l property called Rancho La Sierra, am o un ting to some 1700 acres to the north of the raceway . was found for sale . If a proj ect was pu t to ge th er incl uding the Rancho La Sierra property and the Lupari property . it would amount to abo ut 2,00 0 ac res wh ich co uld be made ava ilab le for ORV use. Th e Dep artrnen t has con tact ed the property o wn er an d is curren tly investi gat in g th e Ranc ho La Sierra prop erty . Th e proper ty owner in fa ct has indicated th at he m igh t be willing to donat e t o a public agency fr om one-third to one- half o f th e proper ly . We hope that a pub lic agency will be ab le to ac q uire th is property for O RV usc. RO BERT H. MEY E R Chief Dep uty Direct or Calif. Dep t. of Parks & Recr ea tio n CART ER FISHE R Rio Vista, Calif. Dick Mann w ill be holding a road race school at Sears Poin t April 12. Entry is 15 0. limit 25 riders per session. See our Calendar f or m ore info . . . Edit or Advise and consent Govern o r Brown app reciates y o ur advice and recommendation of the appointment of Ro nald Schneiders to the Recreational Trails Co m mittee. Your endorsement is important, and you m ay be sure th at it will be given levery co n siderat io n . DR. CAR LOTIA HERMAN MELLON Ap p o in tm en ts Secr et ary Sacramen to , Calif. Good show, Prospectors The Go ldrush Enduro was one o f the best . . . It was a real Enduro . . . You didn't know wh at you were go ing to be doing from th e next lo op t o the n ex t jump. It was just well planned an d well laid ou t. The only bummer was th at last long straight on the first loop which got to be a little boring . .. The best thing was the finisher pins . Beats belt bu ckles (ha hal. J OHN LODE RM EIE R Long Beach , Calif. Don't forget to plug the product just a note ab ou t th e recent Yamaha news release co nc erning their parti cipation in th e 19 75 Supercross Super Series. So as not to misle ad anyone th e Supercross National Ch ampion Series invo lves the fourth an n u al " Oly" Sup erb owl of Motocross, j ul y 19, 19 75 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseu m . Th is even t is the climaxing race to th e en tire 19 75 Supercross series. In keeping with the st ature of t his event th e posted awards have been incr eased from $I 0,000 in 1974 to $ 20 ,0 00 plus co n tin genci es for the 1975 " Oly " Superbowl of Motocross, In future articles concerning the Su pe rc ro ss Natio nal Championship Series y ou migh t allude to the fact th at the " Oly" Superbowl o f Motocross is a part o f this series. LYNNE H. SA UN DERS Executive Vice-Presi dent Media Max , In c. So. Lagu na, Calif. Yellow press (Ed. note . . . This letter was sent to "Sports Illustrated. ] The Scoreboard ar ticle on the 1974 Barstow-to -Vegas race was a highl y sum mary of sl an ted / prejudiced anti-mot o rcycling propaganda, and n o t the balanced re p orting to which yo ur m agazine aspires. I sugges t y ou evalu ate the emotion al impact o f the words selected by th e "author;" fu ry , sh rie king . blinding, choking. horde , growled, ex tinct ion. They show th at the art icle was clearly written as p ropaganda. Imagine yo ur magazine co vering a sk i race by co un ting the trees cut down to make the ski run , or th e smog crea te d by the ca rs o f those atten di ng the race . If you ca n 't im agin e t hat (as I can 't ), as k y o ursel f wh y th is kin d of yellow journalism is .unleashed o n a motorcycle event . .. WILLI AM T. DEL HAG EN Manhattan Beach . Cali f. Yes, California, there is a Club Council We noted with interest the letter from Laura Maddock and y our reply co nc erning " an all-embracing club co uncil," For over a year n ow the California Coordinating Council has existed. This is a council co m p osed of ; two represen tatives fro m eac h of th e four_ AMA districts in the State of California. This co uncil was fo rmed at' ou r request to o rgan ize state-wide efforts an d to handle statewide problems on a uniform basis. If y ou, Ms. Maddock. and o thers wish to help m o to rcy clin g you co uld do so through th e means and fac ilities th at are already avai lable , that is, the Am erican Mo torcycle Asso ciation, its four districts in California an d the California Coordinatin g Council. No new m achinery is avai lable. We are hopeful th at the energy spen t on fonnulating more o rganizations can be directed to war ds educating an d investigating wh at has already been done. GE NE WIRWAHN Legis la tive Direct o r, A.\1A Westerville. Ohio Amen, Gene. Right now. A MA and M.O. R. E. are the bikers ' two most p owerful gro ups. If we coul d get all th e alpha bet soupers tied in . . . L.C. Yea, Neigh As requested, we 've ad de d y our name to our complime n tary sub scri p ti on list so y o u 11 be receiving your Equestrian Trails m agazine each month. As y o u state , perhaps by exchanging information and views, we can help to iron out so me of the hard feelings and between the m i su n d e r s tand in gs horsebac kers and the cyclists. KAY DE VINE Edito r Riverside, Calif. ~